I'm a priest at Hogwarts

Chapter 29 Transfiguration

The breakfast at Hogwarts is as rich as ever, which is the most commendable thing.

Orlando occupies three positions by himself, and the Gryffindor students have long been familiar with it.While eating breakfast, he flipped through the mail. These were mails received in the past one and a half months. The house elf Capri brought them from the collection room early in the morning.

Randomly flipping through the letters, I found that most of the letters were from strangers, some from newspapers to make an appointment for interviews, some from self-proclaimed famous wizards to discuss potion refining, some solicitation letters from magic families, and some mental imbalances Orlando ignored all the threatening letters sent by the pure-blood wizard, and brushed them aside.

He took out the envelope with the Cardiff address printed on it. This was a letter sent to him by his family. The two letters were ghostwritten by his sister Emily. Orlando also won the lawsuit, and her sister Emily won the Piano Rising Star Award in the school piano competition. These trivial family affairs made Orlando feel warm.

"Orlando, are you going to class today?" Seeing that Orlando had finished eating, the three of Hermione came over.

"Go." Orlando put away the letter, ready to read it when he was free.

"It's so rare! Professor McGonagall said you went to study, where did you go to study?" Harry asked curiously.

"Uh, I can't say this, I'm afraid I'll scare you if I say it." Orlando blinked mischievously, deliberately keeping it a secret.

"Didn't you go to the goblin summer camp?" Ron said yearningly.

"I know where, Peter told me, it's a place run by nobles, it's a place for them to socialize, and the people who can go there are all beautiful and handsome men." Ron's eyes lit up when he said this.

Glancing at Ron, what is this kid thinking? I'm not yet an adult, and my monastic career has just begun. How could it be possible for me to waste my life and become a child? Orlando cursed in his heart.

"Ron, what are you talking about? Orlando is not this kind of person. He went to study magic. Professor McGonagall made it very clear." Hermione was not happy, what was this bad boy thinking all day long.

Harry chuckled, and added, "I think it's Ron who wants to go to the goblin summer camp."

"How dare you say you don't want to go?" Ron replied unwillingly.

"Ignore you." Hermione stomped her feet, turned and left.

Orlando shrugged, turned and left. Other letters can be answered later, but not at home. Otherwise, parents will be worried after a long time.Taking advantage of the time before class, Orlando wrote a reply letter and handed it to Capri to send it for him.

There are only two classes today, and Professor McGonagall's Transfiguration class in the morning. Now that I'm back at school, I still have to attend the dean's class.In the afternoon is Professor Quirrell's Defense Against the Dark Arts class, so there's no need to go to this class, anyway, his class is just a matter of bragging, and you can't learn anything, it's a waste of time.

After making up his mind, Orlando came to the classroom. Professor McGonagall hadn't come yet. The Gryffindor students were fighting each other with their wands as spears. No one noticed his coming. Sitting down, he took out an ancient magic text book and read it.

"Orlando, are you here?" Hermione came over with a stack of books and sat next to him, and Harry Ron followed and sat behind him.

"I have something to do." He looked up at Hermione.

"What exactly was the surprise you mentioned yesterday?"

Harry and Ron eavesdropped behind them.

"So, gather in the restaurant after lunch, and we won't go to the Defense Against the Dark Arts class in the afternoon. How about I give you a real Defense Against the Dark Arts class?"

"This, I'm afraid not."

"Okay, okay, Orlando, it's settled." Ron hurriedly agreed without waiting for Hermione's objection to finish.

Harry nodded too, they had already been extremely disgusted with this strange and boring course.

Two to one, seeing that the two friends agreed, Hermione could only nod and said, "Okay, just this one time, you can't skip class anymore, or you will be deducted points."

"Got it, Hermione, just this once." Harry said briskly.

At this moment, Professor McGonagall walked in, and the classroom instantly became quiet.

Hermione immediately sat up straight, put her hands on the table and looked ahead, looking like a good student, and Orlando couldn't help laughing out loud.

Glancing at the students, he accidentally found Orlando sitting against the wall. Professor McGonagall paused for a moment, but didn't say much.She is both proud and helpless about this student. The proud thing is that in his teaching career, it is something to be happy to have such an excellent student. The helpless thing is that this student is too good. How to teach, in Dumbledore's words, this is a born king, don't restrain him according to the situation, just let him develop freely.

"Today's lesson is about the teaching of live animal transfiguration, put away the matches in your hands," Professor McGonagall said.

Harry and Ron hurriedly packed the matches, neither of them had been able to completely turn the match into a needle so far.

Professor McGonagall unscrewed a cage from under the desk, and pulled off the black cloth covering it. Inside the gauze-covered cage was a group of Italian bees.

"Neville, go and distribute one to everyone." Professor McGonagall pointed to Neville who was sitting in the first row, and said.

Neville didn't dare to neglect, he twisted the cage and handed out one to each student. Fortunately, these bees were all stunned, otherwise they would have stung a large area.

Professor McGonagall picked up a bee and said: "Italian honeybees belong to the family Apiaceae, order Hymenoptera, class Insecta, and phylum Arthropoda. It is the easiest type of transfiguration in living animals. Let me demonstrate it to you first."

Then she chanted a spell and waved her wand. The bee in her hand instantly grew bigger and turned into a gray and white mouse. In order to let all the students see clearly, Professor McGonagall walked around the classroom specially. .

The students all exclaimed, their little faces were flushed, yearning for this magical spell.

Orador only glanced at it, then lowered his head and continued to read his ancient rune book.He has mastered the transfiguration of living animals a long time ago. Since Mr. Nico taught him soul attribute magic, his powerful innate soul power has been developed. For ordinary students, the biggest obstacle to transfiguration of living animals is the perception of soul , because animals are living and not dead. They not only have a body but also a soul. Casting a transformation spell requires both the body and the soul. Otherwise, there is only one result of casting the spell, which is failure.

"Anyone want to try living animal transfiguration?" Back at the podium, Professor McGonagall knocked on the table to silence the students.

The students looked at me, I looked at you, no one spoke, only a few of them could complete the transformation of matches, and they had never tried the transformation of live animals, so they were not confident.

Hermione poked Orlando and motioned him to try it. She originally wanted to raise her hand to try, but when she stretched out her hand, she turned a corner and let Orlando go on it. Maybe she thought it was to earn points for Gryffindor good opportunity.

Putting down the book in his hand, seeing Hermione looking at him earnestly, he shook his head helplessly, "Professor McGonagall, can I try?"

"Very well, Orlando, please come to the podium."

"Professor, can I turn it into another animal?" Looking at the unconscious Italian bee in his hand, Orlando suddenly wanted to try something else. Normally speaking, casting a spell not only tests a person's precision in controlling magic, but also requires The amount of mana that matches the enchantment.Orlando is very confident in his level of magic control, but he doesn't know his level of magic power, so he wants to try.

"Okay, but be careful not to exceed your ability, otherwise the backlash of the curse is not a joke." As expected of a person who has been a professor for many years, he can see Orlando's careful thinking at a glance.

"Okay, Professor, I'll start then."

"let's start."

Under the perception of Orlando's soul, the Italian honey bee had a clear view from the inside to the outside, and then he waved his wand and recited the transfiguration spell, and the bee began to swell immediately, changing according to the appearance of the Howling Sirius imagined in his mind. The Xiaoyue Sirius, one person tall, appeared.

The students all opened their eyes wide and looked at all this in disbelief. It was simply too shocking. A few timid female students thought it was the real Xiaoyue Sirius, and screamed again and again in fright.

"It's an unbelievable transfiguration." Professor McGonagall said in surprise.

At this time, the unconscious Italian bee was impacted by a strong transformation spell, and woke up from the coma. It waved its wings and let out a series of screams before it understood the situation.Orlando saw that the situation was not good, and it would be bad if there was an accident in this densely populated classroom, so he hurriedly canceled the transfiguration, and Xiaoyue Sirius turned back into an Italian bee.

"Papa papa." Professor McGonagall took the lead in applauding.

The students who reacted from the shock gave warm applause.

"Student Orlando showed us a very clever transfiguration technique, for which I will give Gryffindor five points." Professor McGonagall proudly announced, adding points to his own house.

After hearing this, the little lions of Gryffindor applauded even more enthusiastically.

Going back to the seat, I checked the magic power in my body. The consumption is really not small. Such a simple transfiguration of a living animal consumes nearly one-third of the magic power. It seems that the professor is right, the bigger the transformation, the more magic power consumption. The more difficult the change is, the same reason, the same volume and mass change back and forth consumes the least magic power, which is the same as the conservation of energy.

"Orlando, you are amazing, can you teach me." Harry poked Orlando's back and whispered.

"And me." Ron blushed with excitement, and he was the one who slapped the loudest just now.

"You should make the matches better first!" Hermione on the side couldn't help but make up after hearing what the two said.

"I think what Hermione said makes sense. You must know that Transfiguration is an advanced technology that requires a solid foundation. It's time for you to lay the foundation. Don't aim too high."

Ron was a little disapproving. He felt that if Orlando could do it, so could he.Harry is more sensible, which may be related to his childhood experience.

"Hey, Orlando, when can we do what you do?" Harry asked again unwillingly.

Orlando thought about it, and decided not to hit them, so he said perfunctorily, "Practice hard, I think it should be possible in a year."

"It will take a year, so long?" Ron is a little unbelievable. He still hasn't understood how difficult it is to turn an Italian bee the size of a fingernail into a giant wolf as tall as a person. Let alone students, most adult wizards may not be able to do the transfiguration technique.

Hermione curled her lips, she couldn't even complain about this ignorant guy.

"The one year I'm talking about is the result of you concentrating on practicing Transfiguration and studying hard for a year. Therefore, Ron, don't think that one year is too long."

After hearing this, Ron drooped his eyes in frustration, no longer motivated to learn transfiguration.

Shaking his head, Orlando stopped talking and looked at his book with peace of mind.You know, people have their own aspirations, and they can be the best when they endure hardships. If you don't want to work hard but want to become stronger, how can there be such a good thing.

After the Transfiguration class, it was almost time for dinner. The group went to the auditorium for dinner, talking and laughing. On the way, they ran into Malfoy and his two little followers, who had been holding grudges against Slytherin for losing the Quidditch match. Caring about him, he originally took this opportunity to provoke Harry to vent his anger, but before he could speak, he saw Orlando in the crowd, and he was so frightened that he turned around and ran away, not daring to say a word of nonsense.

After finally seizing the opportunity to beat the dog in the water, how could Ron give up, seeing him chasing after Malfoy unreasonably, it was just a laugh.

How could Orlando, who has an adult mind, care about such a child's trick.

After lunch, Orlando took Harry and the three of them to the Room of Requirement quietly. He already has his own independent dormitory, and he won't need it in the future. Why don't you tell Harry and them to have a place for secret activities? .

"Orlando, how did you find this place?" Hermione asked curiously.

"I found out by accident. After all, the exercises I practice are special. Harry and Ron know that there must be a quiet place." Orlando just made a random reason. He couldn't say it was written in a book in his previous life, could he?
"I just said that you didn't return to the dormitory every night, which made Harry and I worry several times."

"Yeah, I thought you were caught by Filch several times." Harry took Ron's words and said.

"Okay, to express my apologies, I have prepared three different powerful talisman seals for you this time. They are so powerful that even facing the dragon will not be a problem."

"Dragon, Orlando, are you sure?" Hermione was a little skeptical.

"That's right, Orlando, you're bragging. I heard Charlie talk about the giant dragon, which can only be subdued by a dozen adult wizards." Ron acted as if I understood that you couldn't fool me.

Harry had never seen a dragon, and seeing Ron and Hermione expressing doubts, he was also a little uncertain.

Seeing that the friends didn't believe it, Orlando didn't talk nonsense, and directly took out the talisman that he refined last night.

(End of this chapter)